American Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (1989) Winner
Isabel Allende
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Isabel Allende
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1942-08-02 （Lima, Peru）
- Nationality
- Chilean
- Languages
- Spanish, English
- Residence History
- Lima (birth) → Santiago, Chile → Caracas, Venezuela (exile) → San Francisco area, United States
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, journalist, memoirist, playwright
- Active Years
- 1967-
- Influenced By
- Gabriel García Márquez
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | American Book Award | Eva Luna | — | Before Columbus Foundation | 受賞 |
American Book Award
1989
Work:
Eva Luna
Organization:
Before Columbus Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
National Prize for Literature (Chile)
1 appearances
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Edition 50 (2010) Winner
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 82 (2017) Lifetime Achievement Award
National Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 76 (2018) Lifetime Achievement Award
Works
Major Works
Eva Luna
1987 Novel (magical realism / picaresque) 241 pagesFollows the life of Eva Luna, an orphan and gifted storyteller. Through her narratives the novel intertwines personal fate with the political turmoil of Latin America, exploring love, friendship and resilience. The book frequently employs magical realism and is set against mid-20th-century sociopolitical backdrops.
power of storytellingmagical realismfemale perspective / feminismpolitical repression and resistance
Adaptations
- [Theatre / Stage] Eva Luna (stage adaptation) / Estefanía Fadul (2022)
Translations
- English, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden (1988)
Bibliography
- The House of the Spirits (La casa de los espíritus)
- Of Love and Shadows
- Eva Luna
- Paula
Adaptations
- Stage adaptation of 'Eva Luna' by Repertorio Español (2022)
Translations of Works
- Eva Luna — English translation by Margaret Sayers Peden (1988)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- narrative, story-driven proseelements of magical realismoral/affective storytelling voice
- Recurring Motifs
- moon / feminine symbolismstorytelling and memoryexile and loss of homeland
Legacy
Isabel Allende is a major female voice in Latin American literature whose use of magical realism and focus on female perspectives have influenced wide international readerships. Her works have been widely translated and awarded, contributing to the visibility of women writers.
Archives
- Archival locations not specified
In Popular Culture
- Adaptations for stage and television, translations worldwide
Trivia
- She is a relative of Chilean president Salvador Allende.
- Lived in exile in Venezuela after the 1973 Chilean coup.
- Her memoir 'Paula' deals with the illness and death of her daughter Paula.